LEICESTER pushed Brian Laws closer to the sack by dumping his woeful Wednesday side into the drop zone.

Sorry Owls have now lost their last four games and haven't even scored in nearly nine hours. Laws knows it can't go on as his side failed to win for the ninth game running.

He said: "I felt let down today. If results keep going as they are it's not going to do me any favours.

"Our supporters certainly didn't deserve what they saw, in the first half in particular.

"The defence was all over the place. If you defend like that you've got no chance. It was almost comical the goals we conceded.

"And we can't even hit a barn door at the moment. We had two open goals and we couldn't score.

Two strikes from Andy King and one from Steve Howard meant a two-game Foxes blip was at an end and they were back in the play-off frame.

Howard headed home after just eight minutes and King poked home to make it 2-0 after 25. "You're getting sacked in the morning" the Foxes faithful taunted Laws, who then made a desperate double substitution 10 minutes before the break.

Darren Potter and Jermaine Johnson were hooked in favour of Tom Soares and Michael Gray.

This time it was the Wednesday fans voicing an opinion - telling Laws "you don't know what you're doing".

Then they asked Foxes boss Nigel Pearson - who skippered the Owls to League Cup glory in 1991 - for a wave. He refused.

Michael Morrison's goal-line block to deny Sean McAllister after the break meant there would be no comeback for the sorry Owls.

And King wrapped up victory with a cooly-taken third in the 74th minute.

Laws applauded the 2,000 away fans on the final whistle and gave them a wave, knowing it could also be farewell.

The players did the same - and were told they were not fit to wear shirts that have not been seen in the Premier League for a decade.

Wednesday are now third bottom as Ipswich overtook them by beating Blackpool.